Jane Morgan Sang It .....
.. "the day that the rains came down" ...
.. and Saturday, March 13th promises just to be that in the Northeast. It's really too bad -- and I usually don't mind the rain (and it will wash away all the snow) -- because at noon today -- 11 1/2 hours from now, Tom Hanlon will open the doors of a room at JC Fogarty's in Bronxville to usher friends into his annual St. Patrick's Day Remembrance of his son Thomas Hanlon Jr. who died of a brain tumor at the age of twenty-five.
But it is more than just a remembrance -- Tom and his wife lay out for the food and drink for three hours and ask only that those who wish to make a contribution to the "The Thomas Hanlon, Jr. Scholarship Fund at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Grammar School (OLQM)". Those who not attend and wish to contribute may send checks to:
Thomas P. Hanlon Scholarship Fund
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School
Attn: Mr. Andrew G. Woods
71 Arden Street
New York, NY 10040
Andrew Woods, the OLQM's principal, comes to the benefit and brings with him a small cadre, all armed with Macintoshs running Power Points of the students at the school and their activities Every year, the benefit draws about $15,000 for the school, funding five scholarships. It is a worthy expenditure of money.
So it will be a joyous afternoon for seeing old friends and telling stories; it will be a satisfying afternoon because our gathering will benefit folks in need; but underlying it all will be a sadness for the Hanlons' loss. Hopefully, the fact that their loss and young Tom's memory brings happiness to others brings some solace. They deserve it.
.. and Saturday, March 13th promises just to be that in the Northeast. It's really too bad -- and I usually don't mind the rain (and it will wash away all the snow) -- because at noon today -- 11 1/2 hours from now, Tom Hanlon will open the doors of a room at JC Fogarty's in Bronxville to usher friends into his annual St. Patrick's Day Remembrance of his son Thomas Hanlon Jr. who died of a brain tumor at the age of twenty-five.
But it is more than just a remembrance -- Tom and his wife lay out for the food and drink for three hours and ask only that those who wish to make a contribution to the "The Thomas Hanlon, Jr. Scholarship Fund at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Grammar School (OLQM)". Those who not attend and wish to contribute may send checks to:
Thomas P. Hanlon Scholarship Fund
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School
Attn: Mr. Andrew G. Woods
71 Arden Street
New York, NY 10040
Andrew Woods, the OLQM's principal, comes to the benefit and brings with him a small cadre, all armed with Macintoshs running Power Points of the students at the school and their activities Every year, the benefit draws about $15,000 for the school, funding five scholarships. It is a worthy expenditure of money.
So it will be a joyous afternoon for seeing old friends and telling stories; it will be a satisfying afternoon because our gathering will benefit folks in need; but underlying it all will be a sadness for the Hanlons' loss. Hopefully, the fact that their loss and young Tom's memory brings happiness to others brings some solace. They deserve it.
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